Bible Interpretation And The African Culture
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Bible Interpretation And The African Culture
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Author : David J. Ndegwah
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-01-15
Bible Interpretation And The African Culture written by David J. Ndegwah and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-15 with Religion categories.
This book can be summarized in one sentence: that culture plays a determinant role in the way people perceive, interpret, and, therefore, respond to reality around them—ideas, events, people, and literature, including sacred literature. Thus, when people encounter new reality they perceive and conceptualize it in accordance with their worldview, which is shaped by their culture that is modeled to suit various geographical locations. In order to understand why people around the world behave and act as they do—they choose certain words in what they say and do certain things rather than others—it is important to understand and appreciate this fact. Failure to do so would make it very difficult to engage in any dealings with them, secular or religious, like doing business or evangelization. This is what happened to the Pökot people whose worldview is predominantly communitarian, and yet they were introduced to hermeneutics that are predominantly individualistic, which is at loggerheads with their communal aspirations. The manifestation of this reality is the interpretation of the Good Shepherd parable in the Gospel of John, which the Pökot have understood and contextualized in line with their worldview, against the intentions, goals, and disposition of their evangelizers.
The Bible In Africa
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Author : Gerald West
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-10-01
The Bible In Africa written by Gerald West and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-01 with Religion categories.
Although the arrival of the Bible in Africa has often been a tale of terror, the Bible has become an African book. This volume explores the many ways in which Africans have made the Bible their own. The essays in this book offer a glimpse of the rich resources that constitute Africa's engagement with the Bible. Among the topics are: the historical development of biblical interpretation in Africa, the relationship between African biblical scholarship and scholarship in the West, African resources for reading the Bible, the history and role of vernacular translation in particular African contexts, the ambiguity of the Bible in Africa, the power of the Bible as text and symbol, and the intersections between class, race, gender, and culture in African biblical interpretation. The book also contains an extensive bibliography of African biblical scholarship. In fact, it is one of the most comprehensive collections of African biblical scholarship available in print. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
The Bible And African Culture
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Author : Humphrey Waweru
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2011
The Bible And African Culture written by Humphrey Waweru and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Religion categories.
How can African theology survive the self-repetition of mere cultural apologia or contextualization-stereotypes, and mature into a critical theoretical discipline responding to the challenges of the postmodern world-order? Dr. Humphrey M. Wawe contributes here a sound theological reflection using the hitherto unused methodological paradigm of mapping the inroads in the 'transaction' between the Bible and African culture.
Biblical Interpretation And African Traditional Religion
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Author : Helen C. John
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-05-15
Biblical Interpretation And African Traditional Religion written by Helen C. John and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-15 with Religion categories.
In Biblical Interpretation and African Traditional Religion, Helen C. John juxtaposes grassroots biblical interpretations from Owamboland, Namibia, with professional interpretations of selected New Testament texts, effectively demonstrating the capacity of grassroots interpretations to destabilise, challenge and nuance dominant professional interpretations.
African Hermeneutics
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Author : Elizabeth Mburu
language : en
Publisher: Langham Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-28
African Hermeneutics written by Elizabeth Mburu and has been published by Langham Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-28 with Religion categories.
Interpretation of Scripture occurs within one’s worldview and culture, which enhances our understanding and ability to apply Scripture in the world. However, few books address Bible interpretation from an African perspective and no other textbook uses the intercultural approach found here. This book brings both an awareness of how one’s African context gives a lens to hermeneutics, but also how to interpret texts with integrity despite our cultural influences. African Hermeneutics was born of Prof Elizabeth Mburu’s frustration at only having textbooks that predominantly followed a Western worldview to teach her African students. Mburu’s approach to hermeneutics is one that begins in Africa, moving from the known to the unknown as students learn to apply her ‘four-legged stool model’ to biblical texts, namely examining: the parallels to African contexts, the theological context, the literary context, and the historical and cultural context. This textbook will help students and pastors interpret Scripture with greater accuracy in their own context, allowing for faithful application in their local contexts.
Postcolonial Perspectives In African Biblical Interpretations
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Author : Musa W. Dube
language : en
Publisher: SBL Press
Release Date : 2024-01-30
Postcolonial Perspectives In African Biblical Interpretations written by Musa W. Dube and has been published by SBL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-30 with Religion categories.
This volume foregrounds biblical interpretation within the African history of colonial contact, from North Atlantic slavery to the current era of globalization. It reads of the prolonged struggle for justice and of hybrid identities from multifaceted contexts, where the Bible co-exists with African Indigenous Religions, Islam, and other religions. Showcasing the dynamic and creative approaches of an emerging and thriving community of biblical scholarship from the African continent and African diaspora, the volume critically examines the interaction of biblical texts with African people and their cultures within a postcolonial framework. While employing feminist/womanist, postcolonial, Afrocentric, social engagement, creative writing, reconstruction, and HIV/AIDS perspectives, the authors all engage with empire in their own ways: in specific times, forms, and geography. This volume is an important addition to postcolonial and empires studies in biblical scholarship. The contributors are David Tuesday Adamo, Lynn Darden, H. J. M. (Hans) van Deventer, Musa W. Dube, John D. K. Ekem, Ernest M. Ezeogu, Elelwani B. Farisani, Sylvester A. Johnson, Emmanuel Katongole, Malebogo Kgalemang, Temba L. J. Mafico, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan’a Mphahlele), Andrew M. Mbuvi, Sarojini Nadar, Elivered Nasambu-Mulongo, Jeremy Punt, Gerrie Snyman, Lovemore Togarasei, Sam Tshehla, Robert Wafawanaka, Robert Wafula, Gerald West, Alice Y. Yafeh-Deigh, and Gosnell L. Yorke.
The Bible In African Christianity
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Author : Hannah W. Kinoti
language : en
Publisher: Action Publishers
Release Date : 1997
The Bible In African Christianity written by Hannah W. Kinoti and has been published by Action Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Bible categories.
Reading And Interpreting The Bible In African Indigenous Churches
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Author : David T. Adamo
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2001-07-23
Reading And Interpreting The Bible In African Indigenous Churches written by David T. Adamo and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-23 with Religion categories.
Introducing Feminist Cultural Hermeneutics
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Author : Rachel Angogo Kanyoro
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Introducing Feminist Cultural Hermeneutics written by Rachel Angogo Kanyoro and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Bible categories.
Kanyoro explains and analyzes the cultural resources, experiences and the practices of African women and the role of cultural hermeneutics in reading the Bible. She addresses the issue of the accountability of the church, women's organizations in the church and African women theologians.
Africa Bible Commentary
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Author : Zondervan,
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Release Date : 2010-08-03
Africa Bible Commentary written by Zondervan, and has been published by Zondervan Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with Religion categories.
The Africa Bible Commentary is a unique publishing event—the first one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders. Interpreting and applying the Bible in the light of African culture and realities, it furnishes powerful and relevant insights into the biblical text that transcend Africa in their significance. The Africa Bible Commentary gives a section-by-section interpretation that provides a contextual, readable, affordable, and immensely useful guide to the entire Bible. Readers around the world will benefit from and appreciate the commentary’s fresh insights and direct style that engage both heart and mind. Key features: · Produced by African biblical scholars, in Africa, for Africa—and for the world · Section-by-section interpretive commentary and application · More than 70 special articles dealing with topics of key importance in to ministry in Africa today, but that have global implications · 70 African contributors from both English- and French-speaking countries · Transcends the African context with insights into the biblical text and the Christian faith for readers worldwide